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Kurdish conflict studies book – “Anatomy of a Civil War” (University of Michigan Press, 2018) – Mehmet Gurses interview
Military History Inside Out
English - December 20, 2018 22:34 - 1 hour - 14.3 MB - ★★★★ - 30 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr. Mehmet Gurses is trained as a social and political scientist. He’s spent a great deal of time studying civil wars around the world. He eventually began studying the Kurdish conflict and has written a book about his research. We spoke about the book. 0:54 – Mehmet talks about how he got into the subject. …
Dr. Mehmet Gurses is trained as a social and political scientist. He’s spent a great deal of time studying civil wars around the world. He eventually began studying the Kurdish conflict and has written a book about his research. We spoke about the book.
0:54 – Mehmet talks about how he got into the subject. He is Kurdish and grew up in Southeastern Turkey.
7:07 – Mehmet talks about how the book is laid out and what it discusses.
12:37 – Mehmet talks about the four years of research he did on the Kurdish conflict to write this book.
16:29 – Mehmet talks about his response rate for interviews and security issues.
17:45 – Mehmet talks about the positive effects of the conflict.
32:36 – Mehmet expands on how he did the research for the book.
59:28 – Mehmet has writings available on google scholar.
Links of interest
https://www.press.umich.edu/9946395/anatomy_of_a_civil_war
https://www.fau.edu/artsandletters/politicalscience/faculty/gurses/
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Guests: Mehmet Gurses
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, Turkey, Kurd, Kurdish conflict, trauma